Pinus pungens

Table Mountain pine

SPECIES

1. KingdomPlantae
2. PhylumTracheophyta
3. ClassPinopsida
4. OrderPinales
5. FamilyPinaceae

Native toGeorgia, Maryland, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia

Observations2,324

Observations recorded2,674

In Table Mountain pine stands of the Great Smoky Mountains associated tree species are red maple (Acer rubrum), blackgum (Nyssa sylvatica), sourwood (Oxydendrum arboreum), pitch pine (Pinus rigida), and chestnut oak Quercus prinus). In Table Mountain pine-pitch pine stands, additional associated species include scarlet oak (Q. coccinea), American chestnut (Castanea dentata), and black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia) (16). Table Mountain pine is also a minor associate in five forest cover types: Pitch Pine (Society of American Foresters Type 45), Shortleaf Pine (Type 75), Chestnut Oak (Type 44), White Pine-Chestnut Oak (Type 51), and Virginia Pine-Oak (Type 78) (13). In the Shortleaf Pine type, Table Mountain pine is included only in the mountains; other associates are pitch pine, eastern hemlock (Tsuga canadensis), black, white, southern red, scarlet, chestnut, post, and blackjack oaks Quercus velutina, Q. alba, Q. falcata, Q. coccinea, Q. prinus, Q. stellata, and Q. marilandica, respectively), hickories (Carya spp.), and blackgum. In the Virginia Pine-Oak type, associated species in the foothills include shortleaf pine (Pinus echinata) and pitch pine, black, white, scarlet, chestnut

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🔬Museum specimens

Specimen records

1,281

With media

1,110

Family

Pinaceae

Collections

UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA MUSEUMS, WCUH, CM, BAYLU, OSU, CAS

Recorded in

United States

Wikidata facts

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Pinus pungens at Ravens Roost, Blue Ridge Parkway, Virginia.jpg

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